In mathematics and mathematical logic, Boolean algebra is a branch of algebra. It differs from elementary algebra in two ways. First, the values of the...
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In abstract algebra, a Boolean algebra or Boolean lattice is a complemented distributive lattice. This type of algebraic structure captures essential properties...
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a list of topics around Boolean algebra and propositional logic. Algebra of sets Boolean algebra (structure) Boolean algebra Field of sets Logical connective...
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Look up Boolean algebra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boolean algebra is the algebra of truth values and operations on them. Boolean algebra may also...
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In mathematics, a Heyting algebra (also known as pseudo-Boolean algebra) is a bounded lattice (with join and meet operations written ∨ and ∧ and with...
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values (usually "true" and "false") Boolean algebra, a logical calculus of truth values or set membership Boolean algebra (structure), a set with operations...
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mathematics, a complete Boolean algebra is a Boolean algebra in which every subset has a supremum (least upper bound). Complete Boolean algebras are used to construct...
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Topological Boolean algebra may refer to: In abstract algebra and mathematical logic, topological Boolean algebra is one of the many names that have been...
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logic and Boolean algebra. It is named after George Boole, who first defined an algebraic system of logic in the mid 19th century. The Boolean data type...
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An example is the ring of integers modulo 2. Every Boolean ring gives rise to a Boolean algebra, with ring multiplication corresponding to conjunction...
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In mathematics, Stone's representation theorem for Boolean algebras states that every Boolean algebra is isomorphic to a certain field of sets. The theorem...
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what Boolean algebras are to set theory and ordinary propositional logic. Interior algebras form a variety of modal algebras. An interior algebra is an...
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Boolean algebra is a mathematically rich branch of abstract algebra. Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy defines Boolean algebra as 'the algebra of two-valued...
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logical function), used in logic. Boolean functions are the subject of Boolean algebra and switching theory. A Boolean function takes the form f : { 0 ...
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In mathematics, the Boolean prime ideal theorem states that ideals in a Boolean algebra can be extended to prime ideals. A variation of this statement...
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the Boolean algebra of the power set of a finite set. For infinite Boolean algebras, this is no longer true, but every infinite Boolean algebra can be...
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Any set of sets closed under the set-theoretic operations forms a Boolean algebra with the join operator being union, the meet operator being intersection...
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In abstract algebra, a monadic Boolean algebra is an algebraic structure A with signature ⟨·, +, ', 0, 1, ∃⟩ of type ⟨2,2,1,0,0,1⟩, where ⟨A, ·, +, ',...
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Boolean algebra Free Boolean algebra Monadic Boolean algebra Residuated Boolean algebra Two-element Boolean algebra Modal algebra Derivative algebra (abstract...
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from a two-element set Boolean operation (Boolean algebra), a logical operation in Boolean algebra (AND, OR and NOT) Boolean operator (computer programming)...
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and abstract algebra, the two-element Boolean algebra is the Boolean algebra whose underlying set (or universe or carrier) B is the Boolean domain. The...
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Ultrafilter (section Ultrafilter on a Boolean algebra)
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {P}}(X),} ordered by set inclusion, is always a Boolean algebra and hence a poset, and ultrafilters on P ( X ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal...
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George Boole (category Boolean algebra)
differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought (1854) which contains Boolean algebra. Boolean logic is credited...
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mathematical logic, minimal axioms for Boolean algebra are assumptions which are equivalent to the axioms of Boolean algebra (or propositional calculus), chosen...
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exactly one of the elements {a, ¬a}, for each element a of the Boolean algebra. In Boolean algebras, the terms prime ideal and maximal ideal coincide, as do...
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Field of sets (redirect from Set algebra)
play an essential role in the representation theory of Boolean algebras. Every Boolean algebra can be represented as a field of sets. A field of sets...
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In Boolean algebra, the inclusion relation a ≤ b {\displaystyle a\leq b} is defined as a b ′ = 0 {\displaystyle ab'=0} and is the Boolean analogue to the...
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Cofiniteness (redirect from Finite–cofinite algebra)
forms a Boolean algebra, which means that it is closed under the operations of union, intersection, and complementation. This Boolean algebra is the finite–cofinite...
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De Morgan's laws (category Boolean algebra)
In propositional logic and Boolean algebra, De Morgan's laws, also known as De Morgan's theorem, are a pair of transformation rules that are both valid...
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TRUE just when exactly one of its arguments is. Using the laws of Boolean algebra, every propositional logic formula can be transformed into an equivalent...
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